diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libtins/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libtins/package.nix
index 3653b7671d78..f38cc3d7a55a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libtins/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libtins/package.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     boost
   ];
 
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # CMake 4 dropped support of versions lower than 3.5,
+    # versions lower than 3.10 are deprecated.
+    (lib.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM" "3.10")
+  ];
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib"
     "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"